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April 16, 2006 - Eminem posted the following message on his official web site on Thursday (April 13): "You don't know where to begin when you lose somebody who's been such a big part of your life for so long. Proof and I were brothers. He pushed me to become who I am. Without Proof's guidance and encouragement there would have been a Marshall Mathers, but probably not an Eminem and certainly never a Slim Shady. Not a day will go by without his spirit and influence around us all. He will be missed as a friend, father and both the heart and ambassador of Detroit hip-hop. Right now, there's a lot of people focusing on the way he died. I want to remember the way he lived. Proof was funny, he was smart, he was charming. He inspired everyone around him. He can never, ever be replaced. He was, and always will be, my best friend."

April 16, 2006 - A close from of Eminem tells MediaTakeOut.com that the rapper may be suicidal after the break-up with his two-time wife Kim Mathers and the recent death of his best friend Proof. "I'm not sure that [Eminem] can handle all this," the pal said. "I'm worried that he may try to hurt himself." Read more.

April 16, 2006 - The Daily Star reports that Kim Mathers is going after Eminem for a staggering $50 million divorce settlement after their three month marriage ended. "She is going for gold," Kim's friend said. "He is worth about £100 million ($175 million) and she wants a big chunk. This will be one of the biggest, nastiest, costliest divorces the music industry has ever seen."

April 16, 2006 - A German television show has footage of Eminem outside a Detroit hospital appearing to be in tears after seeing his best friend Proof had been killed. Watch the report at YouTube.com.

April 16, 2006 - Kelley L Carter of the Detroit Free Press offered additional insight on the life and death of D12 rapper Proof, who was Eminem's best man and served as Slim's hype man on tour. A source close to Eminem said Tuesday that Eminem was devastated, and that the pair had been particularly close over the past few weeks, as Eminem's second marriage to Kim Mathers unraveled. D12 bandmate Denaun Porter, aka Kon Artis, said, "I just don't know how to feel right now. It's crazy because we're suffering all these losses. We lost Bugz. Now we lost Proof. I just don't know, you know what I mean? We're all so messed up. Whatever happened, whoever this dude is, is still around. This is just crazy." Read more.

April 16, 2006 - Kimberly Mathers called 95.5 FM's Mojo in the Morning Show in Detroit on Thursday morning to say that Eminem's divorce filing was a surprise to her. "I was hoping we could go to counseling and work things out but he sent an attorney to my house with papers and said that [Marshall] filed for divorce," she said. Kim also alluded to Eminem's past drug addictions coming back to haunt him. She said that he moved out of their mansion six weeks ago and is now living in their Oakland County home. Eminem responded to the interview with an e-mail stating: "The details surrounding both my marriage and subsequent filing for divorce are private and I had hoped to keep them that way for the sake of my family. However, a few of Kim's statements in the interview this morning need to be addressed. First, her allegations regarding my status post-rehab are both untrue and unfortunate. Second, she was aware that I was filing for divorce. We both tried to give our marriage another chance and quickly realized that a wedding doesn't fix the underlying problems." Read more, and listen to interviews with Kim and Eminem's lawyer here.

April 16, 2006 - Reuters reports that Eminem filed for divorce this morning from him wife Kim -- for the second time -- after only 82 days of marriage. "I can confirm the divorce papers have been filed," publicist Dennis Dennehy of Interscope-Geffen Records said. "Beyond that we have no comment." Read more.

April 16, 2006 - 50 Cent was on the phone with KIIS FM's Ryan Seacrest on Thursday (March 30) to promote the 'Get Rich Or Die Tryin' DVD. He also talked about Eminem advising him to not release another album in July, the beef with The Game, new book projects, rumors he's dating Joy Bryant, plans to release a new single "in November", and more. Listen to the interview here.

April 16, 2006 - Eminem is out with the animated video to his new single 'Shake That', featuring Nate Dogg, from the album 'Curtain Call'. Watch it online at Yahoo! Music.

March 26, 2006 - 50 Cent tells MTV News he was planning to release another album July 18th until higher powers stepped in. "Em didn't agree with me," 50 said of his Shady Records boss while on the set of Mary J. Blige's 'Enough Cryin'' video. "My motivation wasn't really right. I get a little frustrated from time to time and I got so much material that I make that isn't being heard that I was like, 'Yo, I just wanna release an album again.' And he was like, 'Nah, you gotta wait.' I don't care about none of that [timing], I just want the record to go out, but it just makes better sense to take our time and re-create the new album." Read more.

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